U.S. v. SAWYER

No. 18-2923.

929 F.3d 497 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Devontay SAWYER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 9, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart D. Fullerton , Attorney, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael Buckley Bolan , Attorney, LAW OFFICES OF MICHAEL BUCKLEY BOLAN, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Barrett and St. Eve, Circuit Judges.


Devontay Sawyer entered a conditional guilty plea to possessing a firearm as a felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), preserving for this direct appeal his challenge to the denial of his motion to suppress evidence. Sawyer contests the search of his backpack, which he left inside a home that he had entered unlawfully. The police...

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